Articles relating our support for cycling in the community
At last, we have a £700,000 plan to restore the Billy Trail to it’s full destiny, but that’s only the first stretch. We will need much more to finish the job.
But this disastrous government has suddenly slashed active travel funding by two-thirds with no warning, against all their strategies for active travel and health. How can councils plan like that? Continue reading “Funding cuts”
What’s a Cycle Bus??? A Cyclebus lets primary school children cycle to school safely, healthily, and sociably, in a bus-like formation, to protect them from traffic. It’s about community involvement – it’s organised by parents, grandparents, teachers, and volunteers.
See this a great video of how they started in Belfast!
But we’ve now got one of the first ones in England just a few miles away, organised by parents at Twyford.
Help cut pollution and traffic congestion around schools, and create a safe and healthy environment. Help empower children to become responsible and active and give them freedom, self-reliance and a lifelong love of cycling.
Bike Worcester even has this map of local CycleBuses! (And there are a lot, and many of them only ride one day a week). Watch their YouTube talk about it on Active Travel Cafe.
Find out how Cycle Buses work, and how to organise one!
And if you’re really adventurous, this is how the Dutch do Cycle Buses!
Come on parents and grandparents – why not on Hayling?!!!!
You’d better get used to seeing electric tri-shaw bikes on Hayling, because we now have TWO! They’re both aiming to bring healthy, fresh air cycling to people who might not be able to do it on their own, and help combat social isolation. Continue reading “Watch out for Trishaws!”
Hayling Island Lions are holding their annual Donkey Derby at Legion Rd, Hayling Island, PO11 9ES on Saturday 4th June from 1.00pm to 5.00pm. Included in this special ‘Jubilee’ fete will be a joint Cycle Hayling/Portsmouth CTC stall running our usual Turbo Challenge competition where using static bikes mounted on trainers, riders see how far they can pedal in one minute. Continue reading “Donkey Derby, Hayling Island – 4th June”
This is the article we submitted for the June 2020 edition of the Hayling Herald. They may of course edit their version, and we format this version for the website with extra photos and links. Or view it in your browser.
Continue reading “Hayling Herald article June 2020”
Continue reading “Revive-A-Bike scheme”
Why is building cycle paths so hard? Why does it take so long? Is it the councils? Money? Lack of will? Too much regulation? After 9 years of Cycle Hayling, we’re finally building our own cycle path at Denhill Close (with council money), and we’re finding out the problems for ourselves. So who is responsible for building cycle paths? Everyone, and no-one. And that’s the problem. Continue reading “The politics of cycle infrastructure”
Portsmouth City Council has just voted to commit at least 10% of its local transport budget to cycling. It’s a real watershed moment. 
Many of us cycle in Portsmouth. Being flat and a student city, it’s big on cycling and has pretty good cycle infrastructure (compared to Hayling, Havant and the surrounding area). But it’s also pretty big on accidents, so there’s lots more to do. It’s a tribute to the tireless campaigning of PompeyBug, the Bicycle User Group, also known as Portsmouth Cycle Forum. And to Cycling UK – our national team was heavily involved, so it’s great to see what our subscriptions help to pay for. If you want to see Havant and Hampshire commit to the same, just sign up here (it’s free!). More details at: www.cyclinguk.org/blog/watershed-moment-portsmouth-council-back-space-cycling . Well worth reading. Our local Cycling UK branch has many members in and around Portsmouth, (although we mostly ride from Havant). We’ll be holding the council to it, and making sure it leads to real improvements in cycling, not just a spinning class 🙂
We understand the ferry has had a good week following its re-launch. To keep running, however, it needs us to use it as much as we can. Continue reading “Let’s use the ferry”